medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>I would not normally trouble anyone with a query about German etymology,
>but even after asking a German colleague about the German term for
>Corpus Christi (soon to be upon us again, some 750 years after its
>creation as a festival, of course: it's next Thursday, and I for one
>will be out with the boys!): "Fronleichnam",
My ordinary "Brockhaus" just answeres:
althochdeutsch: fro = Herr, Gott
Fronleichnam = mhd. vronlicham = Leib des Herrn
hope this helps ----
Katrinette,
who will be out there too with the Regensburger Domspatzen ;o)
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